Cinnamon buns with nuts and raisins
Description
Delicious baked goods for the whole family. These buns are perfect for breakfast with a cup of coffee.
Instructions
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Step 1
1. Preheat the oven to 200 degrees. Place a 12-cup muffin tin on a baking sheet lined with parchment paper. Coarsely chop the pecans. Using a mixer, beat the butter and sugar together in a medium bowl. Spoon 1 tablespoon of the butter mixture into each of 6 muffin cups. Top with pecans, distributing them equally among the cups.
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Step 2
2. Lightly flour a wooden board or work surface. Place a sheet of thawed puff pastry onto the board. Brush the entire sheet with melted, then cooled butter. Sprinkle the pastry with brown sugar, ground cinnamon, and raisins, leaving a 2.5 cm border around the edges untouched.
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Step 3
3. Starting from the end closest to you, roll the dough into a log and place it seam side down. Trim the ends of the log, about 1 cm each, and discard.
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Step 4
4. Cut the roll into 6 equal pieces, each about 3.5 cm wide. Place each piece spiral-side up into 6 compartments of a pan. Press the buns down so that the nuts are embedded into the dough.
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Step 5
5. Bake the buns for about 25 minutes, until they are dark brown on top and firm to the touch.
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Step 6
6. Let cool in the pan for 5 minutes, then transfer the buns to a sheet of parchment paper to cool completely.